LORD'S TABLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lord's table mean? 

• LORD'S TABLE (noun)
  The noun LORD'S TABLE has 1 sense:

1. the table in Christian churches where communion is given

  Familiarity information: LORD'S TABLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LORD'S TABLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The table in Christian churches where communion is given

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

altar; communion table; Lord's table

Hypernyms ("Lord's table" is a kind of...):

table (a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs)

 Context examples 

For three hundred years my folk have swinked and sweated, day in and day out, to keep the wine on the lord's table and the harness on the lord's back.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)